Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (1974)

In Italy, a dying woman tells her granddaughter that she hid her treasure many years ago in Russia, in the city of Leningrad. Other people (who were around when she died) also learn about it. Thus several people arrive in Leningrad trying to find the treasure, each one for himself/herself. What’s worse – the only information they have is that the treasure is under a lion – and it’s in Leningrad, a city known by its numerous statues of lions. The story gets even more interesting when the soviet militia (police) learns about the whole thing and send an undercover agent…
Franco Prosperi, Eldar Ryazanov
Andrey Mironov, Antonia Santilli, Ninetto Davoli, Alighiero Noschese, Evgeniy Evstigneev, Tano Cimarosa, Olga Aroseva, Boris Runge, Yury Shepelev, Gigi Ballista, Vadim Grachov, Zoya Isaeva, Aleksandr Lukyanov, Yuri Mikhajlov, Ella Nekrasova, Franca Sciutto, Larisa Vikkel, Valerian Vinogradov, Sergey Yurtaykin
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